By Josh Evans – The title is quite shocking considering Duke has rarely come out of Tallahassee win a win as of late. Duke traveled to Florida State on Saturday in what felt like a very difficult game for Duke. After all, Duke has struggled some in their true road games, and Tallahassee is always a venue that gives Duke fits. Duke has lost in Tallahassee several times in the past 10 years. It is a very difficult to play, and after all, Florida State are the defending Atlantic Coast Conference Champions. Now, they lost many vital seniors so they are not the team of last year, but still a decent team at home.
Duke came into the game wanting to take the first punch in the words of Quinn Cook. That is exactly what Duke did. Duke scored the first 11 points of the game, and jumped to an 18-2 lead, and never looked back. Florida State would never get it back to single digits, and Duke stayed in the lead for much of the game by 20 points. Duke cruised to a 79-60 victory in Tallahassee. Coa...
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Quinn Cook,
Seth Curry,
Rasheed Sulaimon,
Amile Jefferson,
Mason Plumlee,
Alex Murphy
TEAMS: Florida State Seminoles, Duke Blue Devils, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
TEAMS: Florida State Seminoles, Duke Blue Devils, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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